Legal Opinion
Berry v. American Commercial Barge Lines
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided May 27, 1983No. 82-4PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Welch
Plaintiff Patrick Berry was employed as a first class shipfitter at facilities operated by subsidiaries of American Commercial Barge Lines (ACBL) on the Mississippi River at Alton, Illinois. On November 29, 1973, he was working on an inclined metal surface known as a slope sheet on barge vessel S — 127 which had been brought to ACBL’s floating drydock for repairs. While assisting a welder in replacing a metal patch on that surface, the plaintiff was temporarily blinded by the flash from the arc of the welder’s rod when the welder accidently struck an arc in front of the plaintiff. He then…
2Cases cited67 opinions
- South Chicago Coal & Dock Co. v. BassettSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
- Thomas W. Griffith v. Wheeling Pittsburgh Steel Corporation and American Commercial Lines, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1975
- Desper v. Starved Rock Ferry Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1952
- Saldana v. Wirtz Cartage Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1978
- Tipton v. Socony Mobil Oil Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1963
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Gorman v. Shu-Fang Chen, M.D., Ltd.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1992
- Dungey v. United States Steel Corp.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1986
- Walter v. Carriage House Hotels, Ltd.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1993
- Snelling v. Elmer Logsdon River Construction Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1983
- Berry v. American Commercial Barge LinesAppellate Court of Illinois · 1983
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